Ventilating and heating device



sept. 22, 1925.

LLR. BARBER VENTILATING AND HEATING DEVICE Filed May 27. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet l WM5/V702 www /y 'ATTX sept. 2z, 1925. 1,5s4g4 L. R. BARBER- VENTILATING AND 'HEATIG DEVICE Fild Maurk 2v 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Z2, gi.

A UNIT-En Lnws n.' BARBER', QF

rlientsito;i GALHORMA, Y

VENTILMI'NG AND anonime District.

Toall who'mfelt 7dag/ oo noiem Be it known that I, LWS R. Bringing, a, Citizen of the United States, Lresiding in the county of FresnoI the-@ity of Fresno, in

new land 'iisefu-l Improyement' in;4 :L Ventiliting and Heating Device, Letting isY e speecaton. f i

My nyention relates to imprevement'sjin xfentil'ating and heatingdevieesf forV lhouses which .the i501-,

and they like whereby a eurrent o .f either cool 0I' Warm! air nrnaybejforced. into t roe-rn- QP rooms' te. maintain tf eongtant Lsupply `of fr 'esliei'rY at a' desired' temper.@ture..v

The puma-ry Object of my#invention is tov provide animproved Ventilating device' Operable to. meintn; .a a. desired temperitllre. Another Objeot is to provide an improved device Whichfwill form an ,eieientrneens for rcooling or heating@ 1.?Oo1nor ro'olnei Y. urtherobeet is teprvlde an Improved Strutture whioh may boooonomioe'lly man-upassage is o butV @small zuneuntleii space, mnd1 which may be easily oontirollediffom a. point rolotiizely roiote tom. the device; .l [.1 accomplish' these/ond @ther objootsqby moans of thodoViLCo-dlolosed the diewingo forming. t. -pzirt .of the'. present. Specification otidf drawings wherein like, ohertiotors lof referente @footed tlojdfes'gneto Similar ports drew/ingo throughout. said Spooi-icgtion .Figl l isfebroken side elevation of my im.L protect' szentileting ondhetting device, parto boiiig broken. @tittyood Shownjin section... Fig. 2 1s-.ag transverse section ttjkonopon theline 2 2 of Flg. 1 1n the direction indCaQdf i L *L Fig-. 3 is ay longitudinalseetion threugh the.' .gas lzuid air passafgesf. i l

Fig. L ig'a'brpken side? elevation of a modi- 'totform of the tornate; as adept'odjfor oso with' electricalfhettting elements- 'Figs'. ,5 and 6. are-treiiovorse section' views 'taken .upon lines. 5.-.5: and of@ res/pt@- tivoly ot Fig; t; 'in the direotions. indicated.

Referring tof the. drawings- ,niyi .improved vontlating and heating doy'oo will .be Soon to: oolisiotof. ani outer. Casing l Within Whioh it. mounted an inner casing A11 outlet onnoot d to' one. ond.. of. the

outer.' ottime' 1, Said; passage boing arranged tofoommonicete with. one or more rooms as dosixod. A ,fon deis. 11.1 oonnoofioil fresh. or 'Supply ,et

.the pofsoogo ftoQiootohwitiif tions a with en. openingl 6 formed. in, the" opposite end?y the outer easing-to force' at current" 0f l through the' furnace' andl outlet pag-..

sage for e p urpdse hereinafter. mQre fully described... Tho'fao.' t may be any desired vtype or eenstruotoni the Qrdngry ventilt- Ing'jfon. es; lLlS.trttod in' tho-'drawings and dri-von by 'tnlol'eotro motor, 7 being well;

adopted' forltlio outpost; tho@ blades ofthe( flan.. 'boing positioned. .wi

Current Set tipfby 'tho to bo' fotood direct-.1y through.' the' oasngjr.,

In.. the. prefer; di form. of y. manege;

dioolosod in otbutrieitsfaro Imoon ed compartment, V11 toiznood,v -w-'ithij 'hin on. annuler@ flange 81 .around the" openingflzto--oeuso the.

` -tv1i1diir1szt` the' lower, Y p oiftionoi'tho oiitoiloasiig l. Said. burners boing' titwgodl -direotly below-openings 11.2. formed" .io tho bottom. 'ot the.' inner Casing- A n Awir p ztsegpge is'mgunted'withn thein z not @ating 2.. tliosides,;too/end. bottoni' of rotation to' the ootttspoiidmg'portions of. .th-o.

ini-Lor oo siog. A; ges .postage 1.6 is mounted f Withnlthe ,adressage leseidpassage 1 6 oommulniottiog with 2.1.11` Postigo ,po;s.segoS..li718 errellgod nearht'he ends of thofpt'ttfgo 16M/.hereby ptoduots. of. ogmf .Y

llo@ burners, '9. may op:

bnstion .from

Wordly .around the 'tiri ohtiiobo tfiioie imtti'o'itrer"thoii'the postage 18 so' tflitittfA into .tho gas: Potete-o 16.5 L The'l otssegof 1-7 is 1` `90 .grotte-.t Qt'tlio ,combustion products will. bofdiowii .iot'oj the ptssogof 16.1 et. ,the

ond meer', the ttm thereby teasing; grotte;

'amount othoot. tobe iiiiptutodl tothdt jootion; of the doilotf. from.' which hotts, Hiott rapidiyimptrtod to" tho tit'ttttoiit i f .Partitions 1.19" mounted Within. .thorooter 'oasi and form; Surportstotltho inner casing 2, zittend; the.. gto .passito '16 the .dvjooootlfsidos oit moet and Vont' 22.1`1oo1og mounted.

Passage 3. and. otifiodj thotooioogto point 'l 'rolttiviy remoto from. ...he 'toting .1 et. ithio'h point it is extended' outwardly t.i.1..1oi1,glhV a suitable 096.1111155523313 'the .sido ot tho.

of .the inner, casing? l sage 3 and carried in any vconvenient manner to a chimney or the like.

The burners 9 `are preferably supplied with fuel of any suitable character throu 'h pipes provided with valves 26 adapted to ze operated by rods orby other suitable means whereby the burners mayV be .regu-V lated from a point relatively remotefrom theiburner.- The pipes 2st areintioduced.

f current of air passing through theair passage 14: and through the 'space between the inner and outerl casings and then through the` outlet passage' to the room to be ventilated,thereby directing afcontinuous supplyof fresh'air into the room. Duringhot seasons of theyear, cool air will thus be drawn from the basementofthe housef and 'circulated through. the` room or rooms to which the outlet passage 3 is connected.` If desired the air may be cooled by artificial means as by placing ice within the path of thecurrent of airto orfrom the fan, `in this manner increasing the '.cooling. effect obtamed.v During cold seasons, the air directed toithegrooinfmay be readily. and efficiently 1 heated by means causing the .room

Y 40 vconti-nuous supply of the burnersV 9 thereby to be keptv heated by a voffreshwarm air. y

i The structure-of the casings. and passages .Y above described is. particularly'adapted to `are arranged below4 .ucts of combustion Vof the air obtain an etlicient heating of the Vair'. vIn this connection it.will be noted that the burners the inner. casing 2 in Such a manner that the flameV and the prodlare directly upwardly through the openings-12 against the bottom passage 14, a baftle29 beingpreferably secured adjacent the bottom of said air passage to prevent said bottom Afrom being ydamaged by the heat. The heat combustion products pass4k upwardly around the sides. of theair passage between the walls of the inner casing 2 andthe walls-of said air passage, .thus-serving to heat the -walls of boththe inner casing and the air passage. `The combustion `products are then drawn through the passages 17fand18intothe gas passage 16 thereby causingthewallsof the air-passage and the walls of the gas passage .tobe heated. From the gas .passage the .combustion the vent `22. In this manner the walls of the productions are. drawn through inner casing 2, the air passage 14 and the the air gas passage 16, and finally the' vent 22, are all heated thereby affording a very large area from which heat is radiated to the currentV of air forcedltherepast by the fan t. The air will thus be effectively heated and a supply of fresh warm air directed into the room or rooms to which the outlet passage 3 is connected.

By mounting the deviceimmediately below the floor, the` rods 25 by which theburn` er valves 26 are "operated may be carried upwardly into the Vroom above whereby the burners may be conveniently controlled from the room.' In like manner,theel ectri cal connections to the motor 7 may be controlled by a suitable switch located in the room so thatv the fan ,and burners maybe controlled fromv a point relatively remote from the device.

Suitable -igniting means such as pilot burners or electrical ign-iters of any suitable construction, not shown, are mounted 'in connection with the burners and Ypreferably arranged to be operated from a point near the other controls of the furnace. However, as such' igniting'meansare well known in thel art and can form no part of l the present invention a detailed description is herein unnecessary. y g Y y Y In the modified formshown in Figs;V 4l, 5, and 6, I` have shown an varrangement whereby the air may-be heated by electrical heating .elements inv place of the burners above described. In this form of theinvention the air passage. and gas vpassage is omitted, the -air `currentbein-g forced directly through the inner rcasingj2, andv past a plurality ofelectrical heating elements31 ext-ending longitudinally through the inner casing 2. The Aelements 31 are preferably supported upongbrackets '32 secured rvupon the partitions 33 and arrangedto receive suitable electrical connections, not shown,

said' connections being accessible through a door 34 formed lin the adjacent portions of the outlet passage 3.v vIn this form ofthe invention a plurality of baffles 36 are mounted within the outer casing 1 betweenthefan lk and the heating elements 31 .to impart a i I whirling motion to the air current whereby ywill bemore thoroughly Aand effectively heated bythe heating elements 31.

The operation ofthis formV ofthe device is the same as above described in connection with the preferred y tion, cooly air from the basement of a house being forced VVinto the room or rooinsto which the outlet passage 3 is connected forV cooling; and Ventilating `'saidrooms during hot seasons, and air warmed b y therhe'ating lelements 31 being similarly directedinto the room or rooms lto heat and-ventilate said rooms during cold weather. of my invention, shown, in

the electrical controls, not ay be positioned atany convenient In this type` form of the invenplace and the fan and heating elements independently controlled to regulate. the temperature and ventilation of a house.

Having thusdescribed my invention ywhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is,

l. A Ventilating and heatingdevice comprising an outer casing; an inner casing mounted within the outer casing; an air pas#v sage mounted within the inner casing; burners niountedbelow the inner casing for Vheatin said inner casinofvand the air assage; a gas passage mounted within theinner casing, said gas passagel communicating with the space between the air passage and the inner casing through passages opening into the top of thegas passage whereb)7 combustion products from the burners may be drawnupwardly past the sides of the lair passage and into the gas passage; an outlet passage connected to one end of the outer casing and communicating with arooin; a

vtan mounted in connection with the op-V` posite end of the outlet casing and adapted toforce a current of yair past the inner casing and gas passage and through the air passage and outlet passage tothe,` room for Ventilating and regulating the temperature of the room; and a gas'vent connected to the gas ypassage land extending outwardly therefrom through the outlet passage and Vcarried outwardly through a side of said outlet passage lat a point relatively remote from the casings whereby air moving through the outlet passage maybe further 3 5 said inner casing and the airpassage; a gas passage mounted within lthev air *passage7` said gas passage eoinmunicatin-gwith theff space between the air passage andthe inner vcasing through passagesnopening v'into the top of said gas passage whereby combustion l products from the burners may be dravvllf upwardly past the sides of the air passage".

and' into the gas passager-partitions closing the endsof the inner casing and lgas passageA and f having openings matching -with the air chamber; an outlet passage connected I to one end of the outer casino eating with a room; anda connection with the opposite endjof the outer casingandladapted to Yforcek a cur-v` and communil lrent :of air past the innercasing and the:

gas passage and throughl the ,air' passage and outlet passageto the room to ventilate and heat Vthe room. v

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, 65Y i In witness whereof I hereunto set myV sig- LEwisv-R; BARBER. j i 

